I apparently was a bit overzealous in my wish for snow. I got snow, but only on my television not in my yard. I guess I should have been more specific! After being on the phone with the cable company and letting them do their thing, I now have no TV at all. I should have been happy with the snow.
So with no TV and school not starting for another week, I've had time to reflect on a few things that have been rattling around in my head this week.
The first would be the death of Lily Munster. I was saddened to see that Yvonne De Carlo had died. I know she had done other work, but to me she will always be Lily. I loved the Munsters when I was kid. I thought Lily was just the coolest. I secretly wanted to be her. I think it might have been the cool dress with the bat wings. I wanted to live in a house with secret passages. And the staircase that opened up for Spot. Just brilliant!
Other things on my mind are the two books I got from the library this week. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran Xue and The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien. The first is an epic story of a Chinese woman who went to Tibet to find her husband. It was a beautiful story of endurance. The second book was also a story of endurance in a way. It is one child's recollection of growing up in South Africa under apartheid. It was a moving, funny, touching, heartbreaking story. I finished it on the train and it brought tears to my eyes. They are both books that will stay with me for awhile.
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